IntroActivity1

Digital Reading Workshop and Internet Inquiry in Grades K-6



Introductions:
Jump In and Express Yourself Publicly in this Google Docs file GROUP A or Google Docs file GROUP B

PLAN B: Post your ideas on a stickie on this Wallwisher

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Getting Started:
What role can technology play in supporting traditional literacy skills and developing new digital literacies for young children?
(see your handout for more details).


Sneak Preview and...A Peek for a Week: Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom
(Rachel Boyd's Grade 1 classroom in Southern Aukland, New Zealand)

K12 Online Conference Website (if you are interested in attending virtually)

Related resources:

• Room 9 Nelson Central 2009 Blogspot
• Room 9 Nelson Central Classroom WikiHub
• WallWisher: Digital sticky notes
• TVNZ: Daily News from New Zealand (video clips and 5Ws)
• Room 9 Writing 2009 Blogspot
• BBC Dance Mat Typing
• YouTube Fitness: Dr. Knicker Bocker Number 9
• Spelling City: Individualized Spelling Lists
• TutPup Math
• XtraNormal Movie Maker
• Google Earth